Events Management is a vocational programme, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. The programme is designed to you set up your own business or undertake freelance work but also designed to equip you with the skills sought by companies in sports, leisure and cultural industries, PR and publishing, museums and tourism industries, as well retail, conferencing and exhibition sectors. It offers you valuable knowledge and skills and culminates in the organisation by you of a real public event.

• 240 UCAS tariff points with at least two A2 passes, or 160 points from AVCE or equivalent
• 24 points (pass) International Baccalaureate
• Pass in a recognised Access Course or International Foundation Programme

In addition to the above, we require GCSE Maths grade C and English grade C or equivalents, unless competency is part of the qualification gained.

We also welcome mature student applicants and those with relevant professional and vocational qualifications, and these will be dealt with on an individual basis and may require an interview.

Students that apply to enter Year 2 or 3 of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL)) processes.

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.

• develop a clear understanding of future career options within the events industry and demonstrate progress towards achieving them as either an employee or an owner manager or entrepreneur in either business or the non-profit sector or within further study within the academic community
• develop academically so that you have a detailed knowledge of the events industry environment, event business and management practices, can critically evaluate that knowledge and finally apply it in complex situations which may be characterised by contested and contradictory information
• develop relevant transferable and practical skills so that you can manage their own learning and are confident in applying these transferable and practical skills

Knowledge

• You will be able to explain and comment critically upon the management concepts and legal frameworks used in the events industries environment
• You will identify problem situations for which the relevant business and legal concepts and techniques were developed
• You will be able to apply the relevant management concepts and techniques to resolve multi-faceted business problems or issues related to the event industry environment.

Thinking skills

• You will have developed an understanding of the theoretical basis of the concepts or techniques drawn from a range of management, legal and technological disciplines.
• You will be able to critically assess these concepts or techniques in relation the events industry.
• You will have developed ability in incorporating the full range of multi-disciplinary approaches, as appropriate to the problem or issue being discussed.

Subject-Based Practical skills

• You will be able to prepare and present solutions to event industry based problems or issues.
• You will be able to undertake a major self-managed activity, the project, which will address a topic of your choice which will be relevant to your future career
• On completion you will have demonstrated competence in using a broad range of Information Technology resources to enhance both your learning and its application to problem resolution

Skills for life and work

• You will be able to work effectively both as a team player and as an individual meeting strict deadlines and targets
• You will have confidence in explaining, defending and summarising your views to your peers on complex multidisciplinary issues and problems
• You will have developed high level skills in identifying problem parameters and selecting and implementing solution(s)
• You will have realised that your Events Management degree from UEL is just the beginning of your lifelong learning.

The expected duration of this programme is 3 years when attended in full-time mode or 4 and a half years in part-time mode. It is possible to move from a full-time mode of study to a part-time mode of study and vice-versa, to accommodate any external factors such as financial constraints or domestic commitments. Many of our students make use of this flexibility and this may impact on the overall duration of their study period.

The teaching year begins in September or February and ends in June or January. A student, normally registering for 6 modules in one year (3 modules in each Semester) would do so in a full-time attendance mode of study and a student registering for up to 4 modules in one year (2 modules in each Semester) would do so in part-time attendance mode of study.

This programme is part of a modular degree scheme. A typical full-time student will take six 20 credit modules per year. An honours degree student will complete six modules at level one, six at level 2 and six at level 3.

It is possible to bring together modules from one subject with modules from another to produce a combined programme. Subjects are offered in a variety of combinations:

• Single - 120 credits at levels one, two and three
• Major - 80 credits at levels one, two and three
• Joint - 60 credits at levels one, two and three
• Minor - 40 credits at levels one, two and three

Modules are defined as:

• Core - Must be taken
• Option - Select from a range of identified modules within the field
• University wide option - Select from a wide range of modules across the University

In order to gain an honours degree you will need to obtain 360 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level three or higher

In order to gain an ordinary degree you will need to obtain a minimum of 300 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher
• A minimum of 60 credits at level three or higher

In order to gain a Diploma of Higher Education you will need to obtain at least 240 credits including a minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher and 120 credits at level two or higher

In order to gain a Certificate of Higher Education you will need to obtain 120 credits at level one or higher.

In order to gain a Foundation Degree you will need to obtain a minimum of 240 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher

(A foundation degree is linked to a named Honours degree onto which a student may progress after successful completion of the Foundation degree.)

Knowledge is developed through

• Directed and general reading in the Subject Area
• Participation in lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops
• Primary research using interviewing, surveys or case study approaches and the use of information technology to undertake secondary research

Thinking skills are developed through the critical analysis involved in

• preparing tasks set for tutorials, seminars and workshops
• satisfactorily completing the continuous assessment process including essays, presentations, multiple choice assessment
• Preparation for examinations or major assignments such as the Project

Practical skills are developed through

• The use of Information Technology
• The preparation of presentations on selected topics
• The completion of group based or individual assignments

Skills for life and work (general skills) are developed through

• Managing time so that assignment deadlines are met, whether working in groups or individually.
• Presenting ideas or arguments in a clearly structured manner
• Being able to produce clearly argued solutions when problem solving

As outlined above BA (Hons) Events Management degree is multi-disciplinary. Therefore it is appropriate that we use many different assessment techniques as different disciplines use different forms of assessment.

It is the policy of the Royal Docks Business School to include information on assessment criteria in Module handbooks

Therefore during your studies and dependent upon the Module you choose, you will be assessed by many different techniques which may include, either conducted either individually or in groups

• essays
• reports
• presentations, (using PowerPoint or a short video)
• preparation of a case study
• analysis of an existing case study
• modelling using Excel, Access presented using PowerPoint and Publisher
• time constrained tests
• open book tests
• data base searches
• critical self assessment analysis
• role play
• preparation of a portfolio
• preparation of a seminar paper
• multiple choice tests
• A final year project
• closed book examinations
• examinations based upon previously distributed case studies

As appropriate knowledge, thinking skills, practical skills and skills for life and work will be assessed as follows:

Knowledge is assessed by

• evidence of comprehensive reading in the Module being assessed
• the ability to explain, identify, describe, discuss, draw upon (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in the context of the piece of assessment for the Module

Thinking skills are assessed by

• the ability to compare, examine, contrast, question, debate, distinguish between (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module and how they are relevant to the piece of assessment for the Module.
• the ability to develop, elaborate, redefine, propose alternatives, re-conceptualise, integrate, establish new connections between, (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in response to the assessment for the Module
• the ability to assess, judge, appraise, criticise (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in addressing the Module's assessment.

Practical skills are assessed by

• the ability to prepare an assignment using appropriate resources, including Information Technology, to addresses the issue or question in the assessment
• evidence of logical planning and management of time in preparing the assessment.

Skills for life and work (general skills) are assessed by

• evidence of team or group working
• the ability to work in time constrained environments
• the use of appropriate problem solving skills.